Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is jobs & income — 1.3 jobs per working resident; 12.5% unemployment. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health and B for walkability. Homes change hands at a median €1,337/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Selles-Saint-Denis has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Selles-Saint-Denis with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Selles-Saint-Denis are 15 to 24: 6.6%, fewer than in Loir-et-Cher’s towns and compared French towns
Graduates make up 18% of adults. People 65 and over make up 34% of the town, above both Loir-et-Cher’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 14% of the town.
54.7median age
Selles-Saint-DenisLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
34%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma27%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education18%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loir-et-Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B
Selles-Saint-Denis has a lower adjusted death rate than 61% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Selles-Saint-Denis is Ch Romorantin Lanthenay, 9.1 mi away. Its care home for older people (76 places) counts its residents as Selles-Saint-Denis’; allowing for it, deaths were 16% below expected. 256 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 218: 17% above. Also worth knowing: women in Loir-et-Cher live to 85.2 on average and men to 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−16%deaths against expected, after care homesBHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted84
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Selles-Saint-Denis · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Romorantin Lanthenay
9.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Romorantin Lanthenay
85.2 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loir-et-Cher, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Selles-Saint-Denis has higher unemployment than Loir-et-Cher’s towns or compared French towns: 12.5%
4.5% of Selles-Saint-Denis’ working residents had no journey to work at the census. The median disposable income was €24,860 a year per consumption unit, about level with Loir-et-Cher’s towns (€24,980) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport4%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
600
jobs based in Selles-Saint-Denis, 1.3 per working resident
12.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,860
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 55% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Selles-Saint-Denis has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Selles-Saint-Denis has 600 jobs for 500 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. All told, Selles-Saint-Denis had 13 recorded offenses in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.3 violent offenses and 8.9 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. More of the graded crimes in the town were burglary than anything else (2025).
4.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary7
Criminal damage6
Other physical violence0
Armed robbery0
Fraud12
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
4.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
39.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 39.4% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Selles-Saint-Denis
Is Selles-Saint-Denis safe?
Selles-Saint-Denis has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 6 acts of criminal damage.
Is Selles-Saint-Denis expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Selles-Saint-Denis grades A for cost of living.
About Selles-Saint-Denis
Commune in Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Selles-Saint-Denis is a commune of 1,334 people in the Communauté de communes de la Sologne des Rivières. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
